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- 1911: Apache And Cherokee Indians
- ... destruction of the Apache culture was not recoverable and saw the Apache lose much of their language. The documentary on the Apache was very well done. The Indians of North America series, produced by Chelsea House, seems to be a very well thought-out series and the film on the Apache was no exception. The film moved quickly throughout the life and times of the Apache. This film, as no surprise ... many Cherokee people against their own leader and against themselves. The film on the Cherokee was the most heart-breaking thus far. This documentary was presented with much more emotion than the films by Chelsea House. I never knew what an absolute monster Andrew Jackson actually was. I am truly disgusted that this man is viewed as a nation hero. This film was excellently presented in a factual manner that let ...
- 1912: Pride and Prejudice: Summary
- ... in his direction. She soon learns, however, that some bad blood exists between Mr.Wickham and Mr.Darcy, whom she now abhors. She learns the details at a party the following night at the Phillips house. Wickham tells her that although Darcy's father had supported Wickham, Darcy refused to help him in becoming a clergyman. Because of Elizabeth's pre-established prejudice towards Darcy, she believes Wickham's story without ... begins with Elizabeth on vacation traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner. Upon their arrival at Pemberley, she is surprised by the excessive praise the maid gives her master, and impressed by the elegance of the house itself. Although the maid claimed that Mr. Darcy would not soon be returning, Elizabeth is surprised to see him there soon after her own arrival. After some initail awkwardness, he treats with great civility and ...
- 1913: Indira Gandhfemalei
- ... numerous servants. Being the only child in this huge household, Indira was pampered and was the center of her grandfather’s attention. Then, when Indira was barely three, the Indian freedom movement entered the Nehru house, changing Indira’s life and the course of Indian history (Currimbhoy 25-26). Jawaharal Nehru had come into contact with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who became the leader of India’s freedom struggle. Both Jawaharal and ... for writing and for reflecting on the course of political events. Feroze, who had been in jail also, was released a while later, and the couple settled down to married life. They took a small house in the city of Lucknow, where Feroze became the managing director of The National Herald, a newspaper that had been founded by his father-in-law. Two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay, were born in quick ...
- 1914: The Great Gatsby: Structure of Novel Influenced by Foreshadowing and Flashback
- ... Gatsby with Daisy for the first time and how they were in love. "One October day in nineteen- seventeen.....The largest of the banners and the largest of the lawns belonged to Daisy Fay's house. She was just eighteen....His name was Jay Gatsby and I didn't lay eyes on him again for over four years." (Fitzgerald, pg. 80) As the reader can clearly see, Jordan begins to narrate ... pool and then Wilson killing himself. In chapter nine, another flashback is told by Nick. Nick recalls the night of Gatsby's death, and the next day, when all the policemen were at Gatsby's house. "After two years I remember the rest of that day, and that night and the next day, only as an endless drill of police and photographers and newspaper men in and out of Gatsby's ...
- 1915: Babe Ruth 3
- On February 6, 1895, George Herman Ruth, Jr., was born in his grandparents house in Baltimore, Maryland. Ruth as a young child. Ruth s dad worked as a bartender and owned his own bar. They spent very little time with George because they worked long hours. Eventually, his parents ... old uniform at the time, Babe did make an appearance on that day at Yankee Stadium. His final appearance at Yankee stadium actually came later, on June 13, 1948, during the 25th anniversary of "The House that Ruth Built." During the celebration the Yankees also retired his uniform, number 3, and for that reason Babe put on the uniform for one last time. At 8:01 p.m. on August 16 ...
- 1916: Atomic Bomb 2
- ... the top scientists from around the country were brought together to construct the most deadliest thing known to man. The project originated in the Pentagon in 1942 when General Groves was told, by the White House, he was to lead the Manhattan Project. World War II had already been raged for three years when the Nazis, after being victorious in Europe, declared war on the United States. This was nine months ... on Nagasaki. Over 200,000 lives were taken because of the bombings. On September 2, 1945 Japan surrendered , unconditionally. Robert Oppenheimer was recognized as a national hero in the United States. In 1949, the White House asked him to lead a project in making the H+ Super Bomb. For recognizable reasons, he declined this offer. In 1954, his security clearances were revokedand he was slowly pushed out of public services. Robert ...
- 1917: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Summary
- ... a changing identity that can be traced throughout four main parts in the book. Janie is a young girl who at first docent even know her own identity. Being rose by her Nanny in a house full of white people, you could see how this could have been the start of an identity crisis. Janie was always treated like a white person during her youth, the people Nanny worked for dressed ... This reinforces Janies identity as Tea Cakes woman. After Tea Cakes death Janie is once again a single woman, though she dearly misses Tea Cake. Janie returns to Eatonville and moves back into her old house. Janie lives a simple life from then on with a fixed identity of her own woman. All things mature and all things change, identities change so one can learn and grow old. As you can ...
- 1918: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... 1815 more than 228 bathrooms had been installed in Philadelphia. That of which had earlier been a rare convenience was now becoming a practical necessity. The structure that Latrobe built in the center square, to house the pumping machinery and attendant offices, was in itself an architectural gem. Like the Bank it was designed to serve its essential purpose in the most straightforward manner, again using classical Greek architecture, and again ... all attributed to his stubborn persistence in the face or shortages, labor, and materials. Congress was impatient with the slow progress and the rising costs of the building, the president recommended wooden columns for the house of representatives to save both time and money. But Latrobe refused to consider wooden columns. He believed that the building must be an enduring and monumental symbol of the nation's great destiny and a ...
- 1919: Moll Flanders: Themes
- ... s many instances involving thievery also express the theme of greed. At the end of the story, Moll gives her son a stolen watch. "… I stole it from a gentlewoman's side at a meeting house in London" (Defoe 297). Moll says this is the only thing of value she has to give him. One Christmas Day Moll discovers an unattended silversmith's shop. "I went boldly in and was just ... temptation to steal because a nearby shopkeeper rushes over after having seen her enter the empty store. While Moll is living with the old governess she has some luck swindling a man at a gaming-house who seems "…to be of more than ordinary fashion…" (Defoe 230). Moll wins him some money and secretly keeps a part for herself each time. "…he divided it with me, and I brought away 30 ...
- 1920: Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eye
- ... Janie, the main character in the book, was raised by her grandmother. Ever since Janie’s mother ran away it was just the two of them living together. As a kid Janie lived in the house where her grandmother was a nanny for a white family. She was treated the same as the white children, they ate together, played together, even got punished together. Janie, unlike most of the blacks at ... was the third and final marriage. But no matter how wonderful this marriage was, it ended in a heartbreak. One day there was a big storm and Janie and Tea Cake had to leave the house because the water was coming in fast. The had to run to a higher ground. That was when Tea Cake got bitten by a dog. It was a mad dog that bit him and soon ...
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